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Question 81. The "Alamatti Dam" is constructed on the river
  1.    Seeleru
  2.    Krishna
  3.    Tungabhadra
  4.    Kaveri
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Krishna
Answer: (b)
The Almatti Dam is a dam project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 2005. The dam is located on the edge of the Bijapur and Bagalkot districts.
The height of the Almatti dam was originally restricted to 52.26 meters by the Supreme Court of India.
Question 82. What is Damodar Valley Corporation ?
  1.    Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley
  2.    A private enterprise located in Bihar
  3.    A non government organisation
  4.    Statutory body
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Statutory body
Answer: (d)
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), having its headquarters at Kolkata, is a statutory body created under the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948. It operates several power stations in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand.
The corporation operates both thermal power stations and hydel power stations under the Union Ministry of Power.
Question 83. The river which is used for inland waterways in India is ___.
  1.    Cauveri
  2.    Mahi
  3.    Luni
  4.    Ganga
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Ganga
Answer: (d)
India has about 14,500 km of navigable waterways, which consists of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly rivers, the Brahmaputra, the Barak river, the rivers in Goa, the backwaters in Kerala, inland waters in Mumbai and the deltaic regions of the Godavari - Krishna rivers.
National Waterway-1: Allahabad–Haldia stretch of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly river of total length 1620 km was declared as National Waterway1 (NW-1) in the year 1986.
Question 84. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Reservoir)
(State)
A. Bhadra
1. Karnataka
B. Bhavani Sagar
2. Madhya Pradesh
C. Gandhi Sagar
3. Rajasthan
D. Rana Pratap Sagar
4. Tamil Nadu
Codes: A B C D
  1.    1 2 3 4
  2.    4 2 1 3
  3.    1 4 2 3
  4.    3 4 2 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 4 2 3
Answer: (c)
Question 85. Baglihar Hydroelectric power project, is located in
  1.    Maharashtra
  2.    Odisha
  3.    West Bengal
  4.    Jammu and Kashmir
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: (d)
Question 86. Which one of the following rivers in India has been declared as the National River ?
  1.    Krishna
  2.    Ganga
  3.    Narmada
  4.    Godavari
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Ganga
Answer: (b)The Ganges is the longest river of India and is the second greatest river in the world by water discharge. In November 2008, it was declared a "National River".
Question 87. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched between Dam/Lake & River?
  1.    Kolleru Lake - Krishna
  2.    Ukai Reservior - Tapti
  3.    Wular Lake – Jhelum
  4.    Govind Sagar - Satluj
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Kolleru Lake - Krishna
Answer: (a)
Question 88. The Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on the river ?
  1.    Chambal
  2.    Kosi
  3.    Sutlej
  4.    Krishna
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Krishna
Answer: (d)
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is the world's largest masonry dam at the time of its construction, which is built across Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar in Guntur district & Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh.
It was the earliest in the series of large infrastructure projects initiated for the Green Revolution in India; it also is one of the earliest multi-purpose irrigation and hydro-electric projects in India.
Question 89. In which of the following States, the area under Tube-well irrigation is the largest?
  1.    Haryana
  2.    Uttar Pradesh
  3.    Punjab
  4.    Bihar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (b)
Question 90. Kalagarh Dam is built on which river?
  1.    Sharda
  2.    Ganga
  3.    Ramganga
  4.    Yamuna
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ramganga
Answer: (c)

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